Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 112.14 - Conditions affecting sensory function
(1) With respect to
conditions affecting sensory function, the review boards when making
recommendations, and the department when taking licensing action, may consider
conditions including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Cataracts.
(b) Macular degeneration.
(c) Retinitis pigmentosa.
(d) Diabetic retinopathy.
(e) Glaucoma.
(f) Deafness.
(2) The department may require information on
functional ability including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Visual acuity.
(b) Field of vision.
(c) Hearing.
(3)
(a)
Licensing standards. No endorsement or license may be issued
to, renewed by, or held by a person who does not meet the medical review
standards for conditions affecting sensory functions of this
subsection.
(b)
Corrective
lenses. A person needing corrective lenses to meet the standards in
this section shall be restricted to use of those lenses while driving. No
person may use a bioptic telescopic or similar lens in order to meet the visual
acuity standards of this subsection if the lens reduces the field of vision
below the standards in this subsection.
(c)
Medical standards for school bus
and passenger endorsements. A person who applies for, renews, or holds
a school bus or passenger endorsement shall meet all of the following criteria:
1. Visual acuity of at least 20/40 in each
eye, corrected or uncorrected.
2. A
horizontal, temporal field of vision of 70° or more from center in each
eye.
3. The ability to distinguish
traffic signal colors of red, green and amber.
4. Either of the following:
a. The ability to hear with or without a
hearing aid the instructions given in normal conversational tones during the
course of the screening test for vision and the driving examination.
b. No hearing loss greater than 40 decibels
at 500 Hz, 1000 Hz and 2000 Hz, with or without a hearing aid, based on a test
by an audiometric device.
(d)
Medical standards for commercial
driver licenses. A person who applies for, renews, or holds a
commercial driver license shall meet all of the following criteria:
1. Visual acuity of at least 20/60 or better
in at least one eye as assessed by a vision specialist.
2. A horizontal, temporal field of vision of
70° or more from center in at least one eye.
(e)
Medical standards for all classes
of operators licenses. A person who applies for, renews, or holds any
classification of operator's license shall meet all of the following criteria:
1. Uncorrected or corrected visual acuity of
at least 20/100 or better in at least one eye, as assessed by a vision
specialist.
2. A horizontal,
temporal field of vision of 20° or more from center in at least one
eye.
(f)
Referral or evaluation. The department shall refer a person
for examination by a vision specialist as specified in subds. 1., 2. and 4. and
shall restrict any license issued to a person having a vision condition
specified in subds.
1. to 4. as
follows:
1. If a person has
uncorrected or corrected visual acuity of less than 20/40 in each eye, but at
least 20/60 in one eye, the department shall refer the person to a vision
specialist for examination and an advisory recommendation. The person shall
complete a driving evaluation as recommended by the vision specialist. The
person's license shall be assigned restrictions, based upon a recommendation
from the vision specialist or the results of a driving evaluation demonstrating
adequate compensation for the loss of vision.
2. If a person has uncorrected or corrected
visual acuity of less than 20/60 in each eye, but 20/100 or better in one eye,
the department shall refer the person to a vision specialist for examination
and an advisory recommendation. The person shall complete a driving evaluation.
The person's license shall be assigned restrictions, based upon a
recommendation from the vision specialist and the results of a driving
evaluation demonstrating adequate compensation for the loss of
vision.
3. If a person has a
horizontal, temporal field of vision of less than 70° from center in one
eye and 70° or more from center in the other eye, the person's license
shall be restricted to driving with an outside rear view mirror to compensate
for the loss of field of vision. A person restricted to driving with a right
outside rear view mirror may have this restriction waived based on a driving
evaluation demonstrating adequate compensation for the loss of field of
vision.
4. If a person has
horizontal, temporal field of vision of less than 70° from center in each
eye, the person shall be referred to a vision specialist for an examination and
an advisory recommendation. The person shall complete a driving evaluation. The
person's license shall be restricted to driving with outside rear view mirrors
to compensate for the loss of field of vision. The person's license may be
subject to additional license restrictions, but these may be waived based on a
recommendation from a vision specialist and a driving evaluation demonstrating
adequate compensation for the loss of field of vision.
(g)
Special restricted operator's
licenses.
1. No persons with visual
acuity of 20/200 or less in the better corrected eye, as certified by a vision
specialist, may be issued a special restricted operator's license.
2. Persons applying for or holding a special
restricted operator's license with visual acuity between 20/100 and 20/200, but
not including 20/200 in the better corrected eye, as certified by a vision
specialist, shall be restricted to daylight hours of operation only. Additional
restrictions under s.
343.135(6),
Stats., may also be applied.
3.
Except as provided in s.
343.135, Stats., all other
regulatory and statutory licensing provisions which apply to operator's
licenses also apply to special restricted licenses.
Notes
Special restricted operators licenses may authorize the operation of a moped or motorbicycle, s. 343.135, Stats.
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